Mehbub Gulley - Short Stories from India

 
“There is a delicate humour here that will have you laughing out loud.” - Rohini Nair, Asian Age (Mumbai & Pune)

“(Her) style is simple yet she keeps one absorbed in the fate of her characters through observation, insight and a sense of humour.” - Eunice De Souza, Mumbai Mirror

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Stefan, an art collector from Vienna, engrossed in his search for a meaning in life, finds a treasure under the shadows of the Charminar in the shape of a brown nymph with a small round face, wearing large glasses and sporting a severe look. But then he has the matter of the hockey sticks to contend with. “Hockey sticks seemed to be rated as the favourite article of accoutrement for men having a higher-than-the-average sense of moral outrage in India”. Stefan has the task of convincing Qudsiya’s hockey stick wielding uncles that he means well…

In New Ashokapur, Deputy Secretary Shiva Shambo is faced with the formidabl